Album Rating: 3.5

^ Damn right. This band will never write a better song than Flourish or Oscillator.

Album Rating: 2.5

As I've said before, what worked for these guys the best was not just the atmospheric parts/post rock & metal parts, it was how they worked with the heavier aspects of their sound. The combination of the two was incredibly effective, much more so than their later work. This isn't a bad album per se, but it's a painfully average one and it continues to show the band underperforming.



Now, before people bombard me again with "they changed get over it fucker" I'm allowed to not like the direction they go in lol. They're entitled to change and I'm entitled to not like it, that's just how life works.



"Flourish" btw is the best example of Exoplanet's core sound

"Now, before people bombard me again with "they changed get over it fucker" I'm allowed to not like the direction they go in lol. They're entitled to change and I'm entitled to not like it, that's just how life works."

At least you enjoyed exoplanet! I've yet to get a single ounce of pleasure from anything they've done since day one.

Album Rating: 2.5

Unfortunate but understandable. To me Exoplanet is about as close as deathcore will get to "progressing," and at this point I don't see it being repeated by any group

I get the appeal of it, but it does that annoying thing deathcore does called "existing".

Album Rating: 2.5

Fair enough lol, I think it's a genre that's better than it's given credit for, but it's chock-full of bands abiding by a status quo of absolute mediocrity

Album Rating: 3.0

Flourish is their best, no doubt.



Exoplanet just sounds so beautiful but then heavy, and back and forth while doing it really well. Like Mars said basically

Album Rating: 3.5

Agreed. Exoplanet just nailed the whole post rock/deathcore/prog combo. It was fucking catchy, it flowed seamlessly, and nothing really seemed forced.



Intrinsic came along and basically did everything Exoplanet didn't. Sketchy songwriting, really didn't flow, forced keyboard sections, forced breakdowns, forced ambience. And too much weak singing parts and lack of direction.



Language was way better though, but still had some boring songs, and just wasn't dynamic enough.



Also, my perspective of Exoplanet would be radically different if I went back to it now or even a couple years ago, and didn't hear it as soon as it came out. Hearing Flourish and Primal Directive in late 2009/early 2010 was fucking magical. Deathcore has not aged well at all though.

Album Rating: 2.5

Intrinsic could have been good if executed correctly. I'd want them to revisit that sound but they'd probably re-release it as something completely different.

Album Rating: 2.5

I could probably listen to Intrinsic with better production, but yeah the songwriting is sloppy as hell



really dig the title track on this one but everything else ranges from alright to boring

Album Rating: 4.5

Intrinsic is largely hampered by its production. I always felt the band's heavy moments were very uninspired and bland, any time something melodic came through the cracks it really caught my attention but then it'd go straight into a chug fest again which was really jarring for me.



Language is extremely front loaded, with one of the best album openers I've ever heard but it fails to keep the pace up and meanders in the middle. Songs like Thrive and Arise sound like a band having an identity crisis that clearly want to leave their metal roots behind but feel obligated to stay there. Clairvoyant sounds much more cohesive as an album and expands upon their lush side whilst having a more darker vibe to it.

Album Rating: 2.5

It's hit or miss for sure. I think what they did with their deathcore elements was very interesting and enthralling and still remains unique to this day. Unless Ascariasis come back, which is a possibility.

Album Rating: 3.0

Thrive is one of my favorites on Language :'( lol. The literal end of the song with the double-bass tapping it out is especially pleasing for some reason. I & II are the best on that though yeah. I have Language at a 4.5 so I like it a lot.



Intristic has some decent tracks, but yeah overall the number of flaws just really bring it down.

Album Rating: 2.5

Language bored me from the very beginning, just so lacking in energy

Album Rating: 3.0

I'll give ya that, it definitely a more subdued effort.

Album Rating: 4.0

The opener to this is phenomenal

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Gave this a relisten, honestly I think I like it less than I did before.



There's just no soul to most of this. It's nothing but hollow atmospheric nonsense that just feels emptier no matter how epic it tries to be. I feel like I should love this but I'm getting almost nothing worthwhile.

Same here Toon, I usually like this kind of stuff but can't connect with this album.

Album Rating: 4.0

Their slower, more atmospheric centric stuff does it for me a lot more.

Album Rating: 2.5

Well you're more of a post-rock guy by nature, naturally it appeals a bit more to you imo